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The Role of ANK in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease.
Current rheumatology reports - 1 May 2016
Mitton-Fitzgerald Elizabeth, Gohr Claudia M, Bettendorf Brittany, Rosenthal Ann K
Abstract excerpt
The protein product of the progressive ankylosis gene, known as ANK, is a 492-amino acid multi-pass transmembrane protein. This protein is critical for the regulation of pyrophosphate, and gain of function ANK mutations is associated with calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. Much about the structure, function, and regulation of ANK remain unstudied. This review of the current literature examines recent...
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